Poached Plums in Spice Plum Wine – Lauren Groveman

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup water
• 2 star anise
• 1 quarter-size slice of fresh ginger root, 1/4 -inch thick
• 1 four-inch cinnamon stick
• 2 strips orange peel (3 inches long and ½ inch wide) with some of the fruit attached; optional
• 1 bottle (750 ml) plum wine
• 12 to 14 ripe but firm plums, preferably Santa Rosa plums, kept whole
• Plain or vanilla yogurt or softened vanilla ice cream, as an accompaniment